Bypassing the Social Distance: International Catholic Community, Friendship, and Homemaking among Expatriates in Brno

Abstract We analyze the role of intimate social ties and community in the processes of homemaking and social integration of highly skilled migrants who are members of the local international Catholic community in Brno, Czech Republic. We use the concepts of bonding and bridging social capital develo...

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Authors: Fujda, Milan 1978- (Author) ; Ondrašinová, Michaela (Author) ; Vrzal, Miroslav (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2021, Volume: 14, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 80-105
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Brno / International migration / Catholic / Cultural identity / Social capital / Integration
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CH Christianity and Society
KBK Europe (East)
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B bridging and bonding social capital
B Friendship
B Integration
B Catholicism
B homemaking
B Expatriates
B Community
B highly skilled migration
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Summary:Abstract We analyze the role of intimate social ties and community in the processes of homemaking and social integration of highly skilled migrants who are members of the local international Catholic community in Brno, Czech Republic. We use the concepts of bonding and bridging social capital developed by Michael W. Foley and Dean R. Hoge and follow their attention to the effects of the worship communities’ organizational culture on migrants’ integration. In the article, we show that the Catholic community mediates its members’ homemaking efficiently by providing them with rich bonding social capital, generated through close social ties in the community. However, it does not provide them with enough bridging social capital, and their social integration, thus, remains restricted to the company of international fellows. We compare it with the strategies of homemaking used by settling migrants who have integrated more successfully into the Czech social environment.
ISSN:1874-8929
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-20211512